Word: fasted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...point to the Governor's popularity and non-New Dealism, change its tune from "A vote for Brann is a vote for the New Deal" to "A vote for Brann was a vote for Brann." But Republicans would have to talk loud & fast about their impressive clean sweep to convince the nation that Maine had not simply proved itself to be Maine, that Alf M. Landon...
...oddest deal of Britain's present effort to rearm herself as fast as possible, the Admiralty turned last week to a Sheffield steel firm, Thomas W. Ward Ltd., who recently bought the liner Majestic to break up for scrap. The Admiralty offered a handsome sum to buy the Majestic, seeking to turn her into a training ship. Ward & Co. were not unwilling to sell but pointed out that to fill other contracts they were in immediate need of metal. At this the Admiralty threw in two old British submarines suitable for scrap in part payment for the German-built...
...welter of enthusiasm and disparagement that resulted from last week's show, a few facts stood out clearly. Under favorable conditions, the Rust picker does pick cotton fast and cheaply. It costs $1 per hour to run. In one hour last week it picked 400 Ib.-as much as one average hand-picker could gather in four days. It does not injure the plants. But it does need a high-yield stand to do its best; the yield on the Stoneville farm was estimated close to a bale to the acre, whereas the national average is about one-third...
...average for the whole group was 49 m. p. h., which is 5 m. p. h. faster than the average legal state limit. Explained Safe-Driver Emmett M. Williams of Georgia, who has driven 1,000,000 miles in 28 years without accident: "I drive pretty fast. At times I've hit 90 m. p. h. I think you ought to get out of the way of folks...
...CLOAK OF MONKEY FUR - Julian Duguid-Apple ton-Century ($2.50). Costume piece by the author of Green Hell; a brisk, fast-moving but conventional novel dealing with an ill-fated expedition from Spain to South America...